Soda fountain now flowing at Sweet Mercantile in Czech Village

By: Cindy Hadish|May 25, 2022

The soda fountain at Sweet Mercantile in the Czech Village. CREDIT CINDY HADISH

Mary Kay Novak McGrath recalls an era when at least two soda fountains served up sodas and other sweet treats in Czech Village pharmacies.

“I grew up with great memories of going to get a cherry Coke or Green Rivers,” she said, citing drug stores along 16th Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids.

Fast-forward decades later and Ms. McGrath, who by then owned a dozen…

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